#AE7E2B#AE7E2B

#AE7E2B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.113 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE7E2B
RGB	rgb(174, 126, 43)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, 10.72, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 51.21, 77.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.0253 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.113 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3542, 24.0968, 5.6008)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE7E2B #2B5BAE

analogous

#AE3C2B #AE7E2B #9DAE2B

triadic

#AE7E2B #2BAE7E #7E2BAE

tetradic

#AE7E2B #2BAE3C #2B5BAE #AE2B9D

square

#AE7E2B #2BAE3C #2B5BAE #AE2B9D

split-complementary

#AE7E2B #2B9DAE #3C2BAE

monochromatic

#4C3713 #7D5A1F #AE7E2B #D19E45 #DDB776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#AE7E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#AE7E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AE7E2B

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE7E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE7E2B	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90801F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae7e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 126, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.113 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba36a',
    500: '#ae7e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae7e2b;
$custom-light: #cba36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae7e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.015,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62622,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE7E2B

secondary

#708FC5

accent

#7FE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE7E2B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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